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SEOM clinical guidelines for the treatment of osteosarcoma in adults-2013

Clinical and Translational Oncology volume 15, pages 1037–1043 (2013)Cite this article

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The diagnosis and treatment of osteosarcoma should be performed by an experienced multidisciplinary team. Considering it is a systemic disease, chemotherapy is essential for long-term success. The drugs most commonly used are: cisplatin, adriamycin, high-dose methotrexate, ifosfamide, etoposide, and, more recently, mifamurtide. The neoadjuvant chemotherapy allows to know tumour chemosensitivity and getting the main prognostic factor: the percentage of tumour necrosis. In addition to chemotherapy, it is important to conduct surgical resection of primary tumour with wide margins, and in disseminated disease also to attempt resection of pulmonary metastasis.

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  1. Servicio de Oncología Médica, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid Pº de la Castellana, 261, 28046, Madrid, Spain

    A. Redondo

  2. University Hospital of the Canaries, Tenerife, Spain

    J. Cruz

  3. Sant Pau Hospital, Barcelona, Spain

    A. Lopez-Pousa

  4. Santiago University, Hospital Complex, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

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Appendix: Clinical Guideline Working Group on behalf of the Spanish Society of Medical Oncology (SEOM) Executive Committee 2011–2013

Appendix: Clinical Guideline Working Group on behalf of the Spanish Society of Medical Oncology (SEOM) Executive Committee 2011–2013

Juan Jesús Cruz, Pilar Garrido, Agustí Barnadas, Pablo Borrega, Francisco Javier Barón, Elvira del Barco, Rocio García-Carbonero, Jesús Garcia-Mata, Encarnación Gonzalez, Pilar Lianes, Antonio Llombart y Fernando Rivera.

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Redondo, A., Cruz, J., Lopez-Pousa, A. et al. SEOM clinical guidelines for the treatment of osteosarcoma in adults-2013. Clin Transl Oncol 15, 1037–1043 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12094-013-1087-0

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Keywords

  • Osteosarcoma
  • Diagnosis
  • Chemotherapy
  • Surgery
  • Mifamurtide
  • Multidisciplinary team